The Hero’s Journey Assignment Choices: The symbolism in your story should be more than an explanation of a natural phenomena. Symbols should represent life lessons and reveal life's meaning in significant ways. You will have an opportunity to read your writing aloud to the class.
Write a myth/story that represents your life, your family’s life, or the life of someone you know well.
Write a personal essay about a dragon that you must slay (a fear to overcome) and/or your anticipated Holy Grail.
Create a piece of artwork that represents your journey, your family’s journey, or the journey of someone you know well. Write a statement that explains its meaning.
Featured News AoW 23 January 2017 This week, choose a featured news article from a source that you typically use to find out what is happening in the world. It may be a social media application that leads you to a popular news story, MLive, a local television station, a radio station, or any online news source such as abc.com, nbc.com, cbs.com, msnbc.com, oan.com, npr.com, pbs.com, cnn.com, usatoday.com, time.com, guardian.com, foxnews.com, bbc.com, etc.
Demonstrate close, active reading on a printed copy of the news feature.
Due: Friday, January 27, 2017
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing" (84).
How might Bradbury be defining happiness in Fahrenheit 451? What is happiness? Are you happy?
Rao's TED Talk may be useful as an outside resource for the theme of happiness. What is Bradbury's message? What is Rao's?
Srikumar Rao: "Plug into your hard-wired happiness"
Copenhagen, Denmark · 18:12 · Filmed May 2009
MLA Citation: Rao, Srikumar. "Plug Into Your Hard-Wired Happiness." TEDTalks. May 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.
PSAT is October 11! Practice words on vocabulary.com in preparation for it.
The Arthurian Legend and The Hero's Journey Assessment
Assignment Preparation: Do some research and reading about Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Adventure and the power of story.
Joseph Campbell Foundation
Mythic Stories Help Unravel Meaning of Life
Myths Writing Workshop
The Hero’s Journey Assignment Choices: The symbolism in your story should be more than an explanation of a natural phenomena. Symbols should represent life lessons and reveal life's meaning in significant ways. You will have an opportunity to read your writing aloud to the class.
The Hero's Journey:
Listen to Bill Moyers interview Joseph Campbell:The Hero's Adventure
Is John's journey in Stephen Vincent Benet's short story an archetype of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey?
Create a graphic of John's journey in Stephen Vincent Benet's story using the Hero's Journey as a guide.
Feb. 6-10, 2017 Article of the Week
"Wanted: Heroes Less Ordinary" Take the comprehension quiz without referencing the article.Comprehension Quiz
Look at the text to correct wrong answers.
Great Books: Le Morte d' Arthur
Learning Target: I can listen in order to complete the guide while watching the film.==
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Opinion Piece Revision from Eli Review
Printed Final Draft - Due Monday, January 30Rhetorical Devices Explained with Examples
Analysis of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" Speech
Featured News AoW
23 January 2017
This week, choose a featured news article from a source that you typically use to find out what is happening in the world. It may be a social media application that leads you to a popular news story, MLive, a local television station, a radio station, or any online news source such as abc.com, nbc.com, cbs.com, msnbc.com, oan.com, npr.com, pbs.com, cnn.com, usatoday.com, time.com, guardian.com, foxnews.com, bbc.com, etc.
Demonstrate close, active reading on a printed copy of the news feature.
Due: Friday, January 27, 2017
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
"We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing" (84).How might Bradbury be defining happiness in Fahrenheit 451? What is happiness? Are you happy?
Rao's TED Talk may be useful as an outside resource for the theme of happiness. What is Bradbury's message? What is Rao's?
Srikumar Rao: "Plug into your hard-wired happiness"
Copenhagen, Denmark · 18:12 · Filmed May 2009
MLA Citation: Rao, Srikumar. "Plug Into Your Hard-Wired Happiness." TEDTalks. May 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2016.
A Conversation with Ray Bradbury
Bradbury Theater's "A Sound of Thunder" (1989)